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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · 18d

Brand new fiction is live! Check this one out...

"The Only Ones Out There" by Sydney Claire Thomson

www.wallstrait.com/post/the-onl...

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Today's listing of the day is: Wallstrait: A Literary Journal of Hard-to-Define Fiction @wallstrait.bsky.social (some fees) #WritingCommunity

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · Sep 5

Today's listing of the day is: Wallstrait: A Literary Journal of Hard-to-Define Fiction @wallstrait.bsky.social (some fees) #WritingCommunity

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Aug 30

We have some visceral new fiction for you . . . give this one a look. Trust us.

"The Girl with a Seam in Her Face" by Shiny

www.wallstrait.com/post/the-gir... #amreading #fiction

Aide-de-Camp by Brett Biebel

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · Aug 2

Another new thing from me this week! Check out the great writing @wallstrait.bsky.social!

www.wallstrait.com/post/aide-de...

After every execution, the governor of Oklahoma wants to get laid. Technically, he always wants to get laid, but death penalty nights make it seem especially imperative.

He ignored it at first. Something hard beneath the surface, pressing against the skin left of his stomach as if trying to get out. Need to lose some weight, Darryl thought, dismissing any cause for co...

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Aug 16

Check out "The Lump" by Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social

Smart, well-written, and weird. Issue 2.17 is live!

www.wallstrait.com/post/the-lum... #amreading #fiction

The Lump by Ken Pisani

Aide-de-Camp by Brett Biebel

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Aug 2

New Fiction: "Aide-de-Camp" by Brett Biebel

Issue 2.16 is live!!

www.wallstrait.com/post/aide-de... #amreading #fiction

After every execution, the governor of Oklahoma wants to get laid. Technically, he always wants to get laid, but death penalty nights make it seem especially imperative.

Breaking Shiva by Anastasia Jill

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Jul 20

Issue 2.15 is live! "Breaking Shiva" by Anastasia Jill

An unpredictable story with a unique voice. Check it out!

www.wallstrait.com/post/breakin... #amreading #fiction

The first thing Kylie did was go through the woman’s fridge. Frosty green grapes rolled inside a plastic bag. And plums like frigid nipples sat upright on a porcelain plate. An assortment of Tupperwar...

My Remotest Winter by Elisha Emerson

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Jul 5

A powerful, unique voice: "My Remotest Winter" by Elisha Emerson

Check this one out! Issue 2.14 is live!

www.wallstrait.com/post/my-remo... #amreading #fiction #Wallstrait

I needed a break from the conveyor belt of school, boyfriend, career. That clapping song we sang as little girls: next comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby. . . . So I left the lower forty...

Shoulder Stars by M.C. Schmidt

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Jun 21

"Shoulder Stars by M.C. Schmidt."

An offbeat, sharply executed story with a lot of heart:

Issue 2.13 is live!

www.wallstrait.com/post/shoulde... #fiction #amreading

Analise didn’t mind the taste of dirt so much, but the tread of Becky’s shoe was pulling her hair, and it felt like the pressure might cave in the back of her head. A crowd of kids surrounded them, ch...

Finnegans Wake by Miles Greaves

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Jun 7

Issue 2.12: "Finnegans Wake" by Miles Greaves

A smart, sharply executed, beautifully bizarre piece of fiction. We love this one.

www.wallstrait.com/post/finnega...

#AmReading #readingcommunity #fiction

The driver’s seat bucked backward, out from under me, and my face spread briefly, like a blot, over the inside of the windshield, and my eyes migrated earward, and I was birthed raggedly through the g...

a cat is reading the art of military strategy book

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Jun 6

We’re looking for Readers in Fiction and CNF!

Details on our Submittable page.

Also here’s a gif of a cat reading a book. Because why not.

wallstrait.submittable.com/submit

ALT: a cat is reading the art of military strategy book

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · May 24

Brand new fiction from Emily García! @emmygar.bsky.social

"The Pearl" is now live!

www.wallstrait.com/post/the-pea... #fiction #amreading

The Pearl by Emily García

The bump had stopped hurting by the time Natalia got to the waiting room. Wasn’t that the classic scenario?

Deep Fish by Jon Chaiim McConnell

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · May 22

Only ONE week(ish) left in our Spring reading period! Submit your hard-to-define fiction by June 1st!

Submission guidelines: wallstrait.com/submissions

#fiction #writing #submissionsopen

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · May 18

Want a story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Former Fiction Editor‬ @jonmcconn.bsky.social published a cool one in @wallstrait.bsky.social about relationships and deep fish: buff.ly/m95ljkX

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · May 10

Thanks again, Jon! We love this one. A great, engaging read from start to finish!

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · May 10

It's up! Thank you @wallstrait.bsky.social for publishing Deep Fish, a short story about wading in offal, exploding laboratories, and disorienting grief.

Read at: www.wallstrait.com/post/deep-fi...

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · May 10

New fiction from Jon Chaiim McConnell
@jonmcconn.bsky.social

"Deep Fish" — A sharply executed, wonderfully odd story. Check this one out!

www.wallstrait.com/post/deep-fi... #amreading #fiction #Saturday

A courier, a little man, a tiny man in a vest and harness bag, knocks, recoils at the opened door, and hands the note to you. Your mentor from the pier has died.

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · May 3

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @ergot.bsky.social @wallstrait.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @ergot.bsky.social @wallstrait.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-literary-fiction-o5rcE7wj

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Baby Class by Irene Cantizano Bescós

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Irene Cantizano @irenecantizano.bsky.social · Apr 27

Over the moon to have a new story out at the brilliant @wallstrait.bsky.social!

This one is about magic, motherhood, and madness, and also about my complicated relationship with reality. I hope you like it.

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Apr 26

Surreal, sharp new fiction from Irene Cantizano Bescós: "Baby Class" @irenecantizano.bsky.social

www.wallstrait.com/post/baby-cl... #amreading #fiction

The rain keeps beating on the window, and the baby is crying, and she holds him, feeds him, rocks him, looks at her phone, hums a lullaby, feeds him, rocks him again, and her cheeks are wet, and now s...

Baby Class by Irene Cantizano Bescós

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Apr 26

Surreal, sharp new fiction from Irene Cantizano Bescós: "Baby Class" @irenecantizano.bsky.social

www.wallstrait.com/post/baby-cl... #amreading #fiction

The rain keeps beating on the window, and the baby is crying, and she holds him, feeds him, rocks him, looks at her phone, hums a lullaby, feeds him, rocks him again, and her cheeks are wet, and now s...

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Apr 23

We’re hiring Underpaid, Over-Appreciated Sketch Artists!

If you’re good with a pencil and like the idea of joining a lit mag to interpret fiction in small hand-drawn sketches, check out our Submittable page to apply!

wallstrait.submittable.com/submit #drawings #art

Reading Periods: September 1 – December 1. March 1 - June 1.What We Publish:No limitations on genre. Just send us your best fiction. See our home page for a weirdly detailed example of the many genres...

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Apr 12

Issue 2.8 is live! A haunting, visceral, & powerful debut story from Miriam Killdeer: "Mignardise"

www.wallstrait.com/post/mignard... #fiction #shortstory #amreading

Mignardise by Miriam Killdeer

The execution of Thomas Mitchell was scheduled to begin at 11:00 AM on December 7th and was formally called to commence at 11:01.

An Inventory of What Was Lost

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Mar 29

This one is unique — so unique we had to find a new way to publish it.

Don't miss "An Inventory of What Was Lost" by Jaq Green

www.wallstrait.com/post/an-inve... #amreading #fiction

Editor's Note: This is a unique piece. It is a powerful story based on the author's real-life experience of growing up in a religious cult.

I Drink the Core to Taste the Thunder by Akis Linardos

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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · Mar 15

I have a new weird little story for you all

"There's thunder in the middle of everything, different flavors of it. No middle is the same."

Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Mar 15

Now Live: "I Drink the Core to Taste the Thunder" by Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social

A gripping, beautifully written piece of short fiction. Don't miss this one!

www.wallstrait.com/post/i-drink... #amreading #fiction

Always loved middles, ever since Mama brought me that chocolate egg enwrapping a capsule, enwrapping a toy soldier whose plastic tasted like thunder, thunder that shook my teeth, jolted lightning thro...